Pictures of the day: 5 December 2012

Why did the zebra cross the road? To ask London Mayor Boris Johnson to make one of his roads safer. Commuters were met by the strange sight of a six-legged striped version of a pantomime horse on Friday (30 Nov). Boris the Zebra is the brainchild of local artist Jane Ralley, who is campaigning for a pedestrian crossing at the busy Archway roundabout outside the underground station.She organised volunteers Jo Tralls, Olga Petrograd and Julia Schulz to don the zebra outfit and repeatedly cross the road during a break in the traffic lights.Picture: Yulia Raskatova/Rex Features